GenAge entry for FOXO3 (Homo sapiens)

Gene name (HAGRID: 123)

HGNC symbol: FOXO3
Aliases: AF6q21; FOXO2; FKHRL1; FOXO3A
Common name: forkhead box O3

Potential relevance to the human ageing process

Main reason for selection

Entry selected based on evidence linking the gene or its product to human longevity and/or multiple age-related phenotypes

Description

A transcription factor of the Fox family, FOXO3, is crucial in development [802]. It also appears to regulate apoptotic signals in conjunction with FAS and AKT1.

A homologue of FOXO3, daf-16, has been associated with ageing in roundworms [628], and overexpression of another homologue, dFOXO, in adult fat body of fruit flies increased longevity in females [1238]. Female mice without FOXO3 showed an ovarian phenotype of follicular activation leading to oocyte death, early depletion of functional ovarian follicles, and secondary infertility [625].

Two studies of genetic variation within FOXO3, have found it to be associated with exceptional human longevity, among people of Japanese [1987] and German [1983] origin. The G allele of FOXO3 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2802292 has been associated with longevity in multiple populations. G-allele carriers among combined Japanese, white and black populations have a risk reduction of 10% for total mortality [4357].

Cytogenetic information

Cytogenetic band: 6q21
Location: 108,560,866 bp to 108,684,768 bp
Orientation: Plus strand

Display region using the UCSC Genome Browser (GRCh38/hg38)

Protein information

Gene Ontology

Process:

GO:0000122; negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0001542; ovulation from ovarian follicle
GO:0001544; initiation of primordial ovarian follicle growth
GO:0001547; antral ovarian follicle growth
GO:0001556; oocyte maturation
GO:0006357; regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0006366; transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0006417; regulation of translation
GO:0007568; aging
GO:0030330; DNA damage response, signal transduction by p53 class mediator
GO:0031667; response to nutrient levels

And 25 more GO terms

Cellular component:

GO:0005634; nucleus
GO:0005654; nucleoplasm
GO:0005737; cytoplasm
GO:0005739; mitochondrion
GO:0005829; cytosol
GO:0016020; membrane

Function:

GO:0001047; core promoter binding
GO:0001221; transcription cofactor binding
GO:0001227; transcriptional repressor activity, RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific binding
GO:0001228; transcriptional activator activity, RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific binding
GO:0003677; DNA binding
GO:0003700; transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0005515; protein binding
GO:0008013; beta-catenin binding
GO:0019901; protein kinase binding
GO:0031490; chromatin DNA binding
GO:0043565; sequence-specific DNA binding

And 1 more GO terms

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Protein interactions and network

Protein-protein interacting partners in GenAge: TP53, TERT, ATM, AKT1, MYC, BRCA1, CREBBP, EP300, PCNA, RB1, SIRT1, YWHAZ, MDM2, H2AFX, CTNNB1, SIRT3, IKBKB
STRING interaction network

Retrieve sequences for FOXO3

ORF: ORF
CDS: CDS

Homologs in model organisms

Danio rerio: foxo3a
Mus musculus: Foxo3
Rattus norvegicus: Foxo3

In other databases

GenDR gene manipulations

A homolog of this gene for Mus musculus is present as Foxo3

LongevityMap

This gene is present as FOXO3

CellAge

This gene is present as FOXO3